Patents by Inventor Yantao Zheng
Yantao Zheng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11830117Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a media overlay publication system from a first client device, content to generate a media overlay, and generating the media overlay using the content received from the client device. The generated media overlay is stored in a database associated with the media overlay publication system and associated with a first characteristic of the content received from the first client device. The media overlay is provided to a second client device when a second characteristic of context data associated with the second client device correlates to the first characteristic for the media overlay, causing a display of the media overlay on a user interface of the second client device.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SNAP INCInventors: Rong Yan, Peter Sellis, Andrew G. Cooper, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20230326106Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a media overlay publication system from a first client device, content to generate a media overlay, and generating the media overlay using the content received from the client device. The generated media overlay is stored in a database associated with the media overlay publication system and associated with a first characteristic of the content received from the first client device. The media overlay is provided to a second client device when a second characteristic of context data associated with the second client device correlates to the first characteristic for the media overlay, causing a display of the media overlay on a user interface of the second client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Snap Inc.Inventors: Rong Yan, Peter Sellis, Andrew G. Cooper, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20230222155Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, server computers, storage media, and instructions for prioritized device action triggered by device scan data are described. In one embodiment, a mobile device performs a method that involves executing a messaging application with an image capture interface and a scanning input. An associated scanning mode comprises capture of scan data from a plurality of input/output modules of the first client device, analyzes the scan data to identify one or more scan data patterns by matching at least a portion of the scan data against a set of data patterns, and selects a priority system action based on the results of the matching of the portion of the scan data against the set of data patterns. In some embodiments, the priority system action is selected based on a priority ranking for identified scan data types.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Kirk Ouimet, Rong Yan, Yantao Zheng
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Patent number: 11630974Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, server computers, storage media, and instructions for prioritized device action triggered by device scan data are described. In one embodiment, a mobile device performs a method that involves executing a messaging application with an image capture interface and a scanning input. An associated scanning mode comprises capture of scan data from a plurality of input/output modules of the first client device, analyzes the scan data to identify one or more scan data patterns by matching at least a portion of the scan data against a set of data patterns, and selects a priority system action based on the results of the matching of the portion of the scan data against the set of data patterns. In some embodiments, the priority system action is selected based on a priority ranking for identified scan data types.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Kirk Ouimet, Rong Yan, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20220327752Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a media overlay publication system from a first client device, content to generate a media overlay, and generating the media overlay using the content received from the client device. The generated media overlay is stored in a database associated with the media overlay publication system and associated with a first characteristic of the content received from the first client device. The media overlay is provided to a second client device when a second characteristic of context data associated with the second client device correlates to the first characteristic for the media overlay, causing a display of the media overlay on a user interface of the second client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Rong Yan, Peter Sellis, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Yantao Zheng
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Patent number: 11468615Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a media overlay publication system from a first client device, content to generate a media overlay, and generating the media overlay using the content received from the client device. The generated media overlay is stored in a database associated with the media overlay publication system and associated with a first characteristic of the content received from the first client device. The media overlay is provided to a second client device when a second characteristic of context data associated with the second client device correlates to the first characteristic for the media overlay, causing a display of the media overlay on a user interface of the second client device.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Rong Yan, Peter Sellis, Andrew G Cooper, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20210357418Abstract: Disclosed are implementations for ranking a feed in a social network. In one aspect, a method of generating a feed includes identifying a group of users associated with a first user, identify notifications for the first user based on the group of users, determine one or more actions that may result from each of the identified notifications, rank the notifications based on the one or more determined actions; and display the notifications to the first user according to the ranking.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Jaewook Chung, Wisam Dakka, Andrei Damian, Jiwoon Jeon, Ranveer Kunal, Andre Madeira, Michael Brian Murray, Emre Yamangil, Diwakar Punjani, Yantao Zheng
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Patent number: 11106686Abstract: Disclosed are implementations for ranking a feed in a social network. In one aspect, a method of generating a feed includes identifying a group of users associated with a first user, identify notifications for the first user based on the group of users, determine one or more actions that may result from each of the identified notifications, rank the notifications based on the one or more determined actions; and display the notifications to the first user according to the ranking.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jaewook Chung, Wisam Dakka, Andrei Damian, Jiwoon Jeon, Ranveer Kunal, Andre Madeira, Michael Brian Murray, Emre Yamangil, Diwakar Punjani, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20210166456Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a media overlay publication system from a first client device, content to generate a media overlay, and generating the media overlay using the content received from the client device. The generated media overlay is stored in a database associated with the media overlay publication system and associated with a first characteristic of the content received from the first client device. The media overlay is provided to a second client device when a second characteristic of context data associated with the second client device correlates to the first characteristic for the media overlay, causing a display of the media overlay on a user interface of the second client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Rong Yan, Peter Sellis, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Yantao Zheng
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Patent number: 10997758Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a media overlay publication system from a first client device, content to generate a media overlay, and generating the media overlay using the content received from the client device. The generated media overlay is stored in a database associated with the media overlay publication system and associated with a first characteristic of the content received from the first client device. The media overlay is provided to a second client device when a second characteristic of context data associated with the second client device correlates to the first characteristic for the media overlay, causing a display of the media overlay on a user interface of the second client device.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Rong Yan, Peter Sellis, Andrew G Cooper, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20210019575Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, server computers, storage media, and instructions for prioritized device action triggered by device scan data are described. In one embodiment, a mobile device performs a method that involves executing a messaging application with an image capture interface and a scanning input. An associated scanning mode comprises capture of scan data from a plurality of input/output modules of the first client device, analyzes the scan data to identify one or more scan data patterns by matching at least a portion of the scan data against a set of data patterns, and selects a priority system action based on the results of the matching of the portion of the scan data against the set of data patterns. In some embodiments, the priority system action is selected based on a priority ranking for identified scan data types.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Kirk Ouimet, Rong Yan, Yantao Zheng
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Patent number: 10678849Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, server computers, storage media, and instructions for prioritized device action triggered by device scan data are described. In one embodiment, a mobile device performs a method that involves executing a messaging application with an image capture interface and a scanning input. An associated scanning mode comprises capture of scan data from a plurality of input/output modules of the first client device, analyzes the scan data to identify one or more scan data patterns by matching at least a portion of the scan data against a set of data patterns, and selects a priority system action based on the results of the matching of the portion of the scan data against the set of data patterns. In some embodiments, the priority system action is selected based on a priority ranking for identified scan data types.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Kirk Ouimet, Rong Yan, Yantao Zheng
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Patent number: 10354425Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a server computer, a content item from a client device, determining, by the server computer, that a characteristic of the content item matches a trigger for a media overlay, generating, by the server computer, a media overlay associated with the characteristic of the content item, and providing, by the server computer, the media overlay to the client device wherein the media overlay is displayed on a user interface of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Rong Yan, Peter Sellis, Andrew G Cooper, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20170263029Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a server computer, a content item from a client device, determining, by the server computer, that a characteristic of the content item matches a trigger for a media overlay, generating, by the server computer, a media overlay associated with the characteristic of the content item, and providing, by the server computer, the media overlay to the client device wherein the media overlay is displayed on a user interface of the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Rong Yan, Peter Sellis, Andrew G. Cooper, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20170161382Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of processing image data may include receiving environmental data and associated capture time data from a sensor of a mobile computing device, the capture time data reflecting capture time of the environmental data; processing the environmental data to generate metadata; time stamping the metadata using the capture time data; receiving video data and video time data at a processor; correlating the metadata to the video data using the capture time data and the video time data; receiving a search query; and/or identifying a frame within the video data by performing a search of the metadata using the search criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Kirk Ouimet, Rong Yan, Yantao Zheng, Timothy Michael Sehn, Evan Spiegel
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Patent number: 9323792Abstract: This invention relates to building a landmark database from web data. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method builds a landmark database. Web data including a web page is received from one or more websites via one or more networks. The web data is interpreted using at least one processor to determine landmark data describing a landmark. At least a portion of the landmark data identifies a landmark. Finally, a visual model is generated using the landmark data. A computing device is able to recognize the landmark in an image based on the visual model.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Ming Zhao, Yantao Zheng, Yang Song, Hartwig Adam
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Publication number: 20140310319Abstract: This invention relates to building a landmark database from web data. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method builds a landmark database. Web data including a web page is received from one or more websites via one or more networks. The web data is interpreted using at least one processor to determine landmark data describing a landmark. At least a portion of the landmark data identifies a landmark. Finally, a visual model is generated using the landmark data. A computing device is able to recognize the landmark in an image based on the visual model.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Ming Zhao, Yantao Zheng, Yang Song, Hartwig Adam
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Patent number: 8788504Abstract: This invention relates to building a landmark database from web data. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method builds a landmark database. Web data including a web page is received from one or more websites via one or more networks. The web data is interpreted using at least one processor to determine landmark data describing a landmark. At least a portion of the landmark data identifies a landmark. Finally, a visual model is generated using the landmark data. A computing device is able to recognize the landmark in an image based on the visual model.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Ming Zhao, Yantao Zheng, Yang Song, Hartwig Adams